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The Origin of "That's What She Said" and the Much Older British Equivalent of the Phrase (2016x218)
: 23, 2016
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In this video:
In this video, we take a look at the origin of the phrase "That's what she said," as well as the British equivalent "Said the actress to the bishop" and where that came from.
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Sources:
Oxford English Dictionary
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: American and British
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/01/thats-what-she-said-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-2000s-best-bad-joke/283259/
http://spring.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/15/569781-international-thats-what-she-said-day
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105793/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%27s_World_(film)
http://grammarist.com/usage/said-the-actress-to-the-bishop/
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/as-the-actress-said-to-the-bishop
http://dialectblog.com/2013/01/09/thats-what-she-said/
http://www.smh.com.au/news/big-questions/why-do-people-have-an-audience-with-a-king-but-only-a-meetingwith-a-president/2005/08/04/1123125839640.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live